Public Act 099-0648
 
HB5781 EnrolledLRB099 20496 AWJ 45019 b

    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The State Police Act is amended by adding
Section 40 as follows:
 
    (20 ILCS 2610/40 new)
    Sec. 40. Disposal of medications. The Department may by
rule authorize State Police officers to dispose of any unused
medications under Section 18 of the Safe Pharmaceutical
Disposal Act.
 
    Section 10. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
adding Section 10.19 as follows:
 
    (50 ILCS 705/10.19 new)
    Sec. 10.19. Disposal of medications. The Board shall
develop rules and minimum standards for local governmental
agencies that authorize police officers to dispose of unused
medications under Section 18 of the Safe Pharmaceutical
Disposal Act.
 
    Section 15. The Counties Code is amended by adding Section
3-3045 as follows:
 
    (55 ILCS 5/3-3045 new)
    Sec. 3-3045. Disposal of medications. A coroner or medical
examiner may dispose of any unused medications found at the
scene of a death the coroner or medical examiner is
investigating under Section 18 of the Safe Pharmaceutical
Disposal Act.
 
    Section 20. The Safe Pharmaceutical Disposal Act is amended
by changing Section 5 and adding Section 18 as follows:
 
    (210 ILCS 150/5)
    Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act:
    "Health care institution" means any public or private
institution or agency licensed or certified by State law to
provide health care. The term includes hospitals, nursing
homes, residential health care facilities, home health care
agencies, hospice programs operating in this State,
institutions, facilities, or agencies that provide services to
persons with mental health illnesses, and institutions,
facilities, or agencies that provide services for persons with
developmental disabilities.
    "Law enforcement agency" means any federal, State, or local
law enforcement agency, including a State's Attorney and the
Attorney General.
    "Public wastewater collection system" means any wastewater
collection system regulated by the Environmental Protection
Agency.
    "Unused medication" means any unopened, expired, or excess
(including medication unused as a result of the death of the
patient) medication that has been dispensed for patient or
resident care and that is in a solid form. The term includes
pills, tablets, capsules, and caplets. For long-term care
facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, "unused
medication" does not include any Schedule II controlled
substance under federal law in any form, until such time as the
federal Drug Enforcement Administration adopts regulations
that permit these facilities to dispose of controlled
substances in a manner consistent with this Act.
(Source: P.A. 96-221, eff. 1-1-10.)
 
    (210 ILCS 150/18 new)
    Sec. 18. Unused medications at the scene of a death.
    (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,
the Department of State Police may by rule authorize State
Police officers to dispose of any unused medications found at
the scene of a death the State Police officer is investigating.
A State Police officer may only dispose of any unused
medications under this subsection after consulting with any
other investigating law enforcement agency to ensure that the
unused medications will not be needed as evidence in any
investigation. This Section shall not apply to any unused
medications a State Police officer takes into custody as part
of any investigation into a crime.
    (b) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a
local governmental agency may authorize police officers to
dispose of any unused medications found at the scene of a death
a police officer is investigating. A police officer may only
dispose of any unused medications under this subsection after
consulting with any other investigating law enforcement agency
to ensure that the unused medications will not be needed as
evidence in any investigation. This Section shall not apply to
any unused medications a police officer takes into custody as
part of any investigation into a crime.
    (c) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a
coroner or medical examiner may dispose of any unused
medications found at the scene of a death the coroner or
medical examiner is investigating. A coroner or medical
examiner may only dispose of any unused medications under this
subsection after consulting with any investigating law
enforcement agency to ensure that the unused medications will
not be needed as evidence in any investigation.
    (d) Any disposal under this Section shall be in accordance
with Section 17 of this Act or another State or federally
approved medication take-back program or location.
    (e) This Section shall not apply to prescription drugs for
which the United States Food and Drug Administration created a
Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy for under the Food and
Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007.
    (f) Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require a
search of the scene for unused medications.
    (g) Prior to disposal of any medication collected as
evidence in a criminal investigation under this Section, a
State Police officer, police officer, coroner, or medical
examiner shall photograph the unused medication and its
container or packaging, if available; document the number or
amount of medication to be disposed; and include the
photographs and documentation in the police report, coroner
report, or medical examiner report.
    (h) If an autopsy is performed as part of a death
investigation, no medication seized under this Section shall be
disposed of until after a toxicology report is received by the
entity requesting the report.